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Sports ground
Headingley Stadium
Two grounds joined by one stand: the cricket ground, home of Yorkshire and a Test venue since 1899, and the Leeds Rhinos' rugby stadium.
A mini guide to
Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall: things to do
Places worth your time in Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall
Top places
Things to do in Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Museum
Yorkshire Cricket Museum
Cricket museum at Headingley, open on first-team match days from April to September.
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Abbey ruins
Kirkstall Abbey
Ruined Cistercian abbey founded about 1152, in a public park beside the Aire; run by Leeds Museums and Galleries.
Museum
Abbey House Museum
Museum in the Grade II* listed former gatehouse of Kirkstall Abbey, across Abbey Road from the ruins.
Museum
Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills
Industrial museum in an 1805 woollen mill between the canal and the Aire, with textile machinery and railway equipment.
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Movie theater
Hyde Park Picture House
Grade II listed cinema opened in 1914, believed to be the only remaining gaslit cinema in the world.
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University building
Parkinson Building
Greek Revival landmark of the University of Leeds, with a clock tower 57 metres high.
Art gallery
Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
University of Leeds art gallery; free and open to the public, with no need to book.
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Library
Brotherton Library
Grade II listed 1936 university library with Art Deco fittings; its Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery is free to visit.
Museum
M&S Company Archive
Marks & Spencer's archive and exhibition at the University of Leeds, open weekdays and on the second Saturday of the month.
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Park
Woodhouse Moor
Park of about 26 hectares on Woodhouse Lane, often called Hyde Park, with a memorial to Queen Victoria.
Church
St Michael and All Angels Church
Victorian parish church of Headingley, Grade II* listed.
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Historic site
Headingley Bear Pit
Grade II listed bear pit, a remnant of the Leeds Zoological and Botanical Gardens, which closed in 1858.
Garden
St George's Fields
Former Leeds General Cemetery, closed in 1969 and now a landscaped open space on the university campus.
Park
Beckett Park
Large public park bordering Headingley, West Park and Kirkstall, named after Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe.
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Photo credits
- Headingley, Hyde Park and Kirkstall (area photo): Minda, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Headingley Stadium: Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0, source
- Yorkshire Cricket Museum: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kirkstall Abbey: JohnArmagh, Public domain, source
- Abbey House Museum: No machine-readable author provided. Jungpionier assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hyde Park Picture House: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- Parkinson Building: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, source
- Brotherton Library: Stevekraken, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- M&S Company Archive: Rachael Unsworth / Leeds City Walking Tours, CC BY 4.0, source
- Woodhouse Moor: Chemical Engineer, Public domain, source
- St Michael and All Angels Church: Chemical Engineer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Headingley Bear Pit: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, source
- St George's Fields: Tim Green from Bradford, CC BY 2.0, source
- Beckett Park: Simon Cobb, CC0, source
- City Centre: Michael D Beckwith, CC BY 4.0, source
- Waterfront and Leeds Dock: Tim Green, CC BY 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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